Game Thread 2022-23 PRESEASON - GAME #1 - BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - OCTOBER 3, 2022 - MONDAY - 7:30 PM (PDT)

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Are you upset this game isn't televised?

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    Votes: 39 81.3%

  • No

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • I listen to the game on the radio anyway

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  • HCP!!!!!

    Votes: 5 10.4%
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Chris Craig said:
Knows he's not playing come the season. Trying to get his. In facts that's most of what I saw tonight. A bunch of players trying to get theirs and not playing team ball. Alot of that is figuring out how Grant fits in and who the starting three will be.

Alot of the game was just Hart and Simons trying to take over. The bench was hectic. Drew was good but he kept getting pulled out to play defence on the perimeter. Not good. Greg Brown is just chaotic energy. Williams was terrible. Walker and Sharpe were fun to watch.

Lots of rust to get off. We haven't seen this team nearly at its best yet.
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Hart shot 3 times in 25 minutes, how did he try to take over?
 
What I saw from each player:

Dame: Rusty at the start, but nothing to take away. We know Dame is gonna be Dame.
Ant: Shot wasn't falling but for 1 game that's whatever. Needs to tone it down on the CJ impression.
Hart: Just a super solid player. I like him. Can really push the ball in transition.
Grant: Looked good on both ends. I think we can expect good things from him. Made both his 3s and had 2 nice highlight blocks.
Nurk: Still a lot a fumbles and not going up strong enough. 3 ball wasn't there. Some nice plays. Same old Nurk
Winslow: Can't say I saw anything that make me overly excited about him, but he was okay I guess.
Eubanks: Eh. I think he's under average for a backup big. Hopefully Watford shows he can play backup 5.
GBIII: Looked kinda nice. Obviously nothing crazy but I wasn't expecting much to beging with.
Walker: Solid play. A continuation of his summer league. Feels like you can put him in a game and he'll never be a negative.
Little: Didn't notice him too much out there. Nothing too bad sticking out but no great play to mention either. I need more than that from Nas.
Sarr: Didn't see much in 5 minutes but he seemed decent. Had that one nice vertical play on D. Wouldn't mind giving him the 2-way.
Williams: That's a no from me dawg.
Johnson: Eeeeeh... I'm not sold. Had a couple nice plays some mistakes too and didn't show that much I feel like. I guess he was a +12 so maybe I should give him more credits.
Sharpe: Barely touched the ball on offense which is disapointing. Tried a couple of tough shots, he needs to show he can get easier looks against NBA defenses. His on ball defense was pretty good which is promising, and the block he had was great. Kid sure can jump out of the building.
 
Here is what I learned

their starters better than our starters
Our starters better than their bench
Our bench better than their bench
Their roster cuts better than ours

Eubanks is trash
Williams needs to pass the fucking ball
Nurk still can’t catch
Ant-J needs to play more team ball
Dame was rusty
Grant looked nice
Nas looks bigger, not so much better
Sharpe is athletic
Walker makes the right plays
Hart is a nice player
Winslow was fine
Johnson is improved
Brown looked slightly better
 
my takeaway from this game: nurk looked fantastic, career season incoming
 
Zubac was 4-5 from the field 80%. Only 2 rebounds seemed to pick up some fouls? 16:40 mins played.
Nurk was 5-9 from the field 55%. 9 rebounds is pretty good by the big guy. Nurk played 21 mins. Only 2 fouls. 3 turnovers not so good?

I'd say this battle was pretty even but not a lot a meaningful minutes played between them. I wonder if Watford would have made a difference in this game?
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Blind or just not paying attention?
Add 10 to your 6 or 7 and you are about right.
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They missed a total of 18 shots between them. You're saying they were all open jumpers?
 
Nurk has improved his outside shooting since we traded for him.
 
Although I would prefer Eubanks as our 3rd center, I do not consider him trash. Both he and Johnson were a +12. No one else was close. Yes I know that stat does not tell the whole story, but my point is although he doesn't do anything great, he doesn't really hurt the team when he is in there. I would say his BBIQ is pretty good, unlike a lot of backup centers.
 
I don't think Eubanks will suffice as the backup center. Boogie Cousins and Dwight Howard are unsigned as of now.
 
illmatic99 said:
why do we have b2bs in preseason? i'd rather get multiple days off to work on things in practice. didn't we get to pick our schedule?
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Plus i think they might not want to wear down the starters so early which means we won't see much of them tonight.
 
It's great to have Blazers basketball back. I enjoyed the game. A huge thanks to my daughter for being tech savvy . I think missed shots had more to do with legs from camp, more than anything the Clitters were doing. I liked what i saw on defense. other than a couple of switches that were missed, the Blazers were engaged, and fixed to their man. The Clitters simply made their open 3's, the Blazers did not. Grant was fantastic on both ends. Dame's passing is spot on. Nurk was better, but still needs to improve his ball handling skills. Hart was Hart. Which is a very good thing. Walker was smooth in his minutes. Sharpe is getting there after a slow start where he looked like he was standing around and thinking, instead of playing, but got it going late. Nice block. Follow up dunk that didn't count was sweet. Biggest disappointment for me was Nas. He looked stiff in his minutes. Not fluid like last year. He just needs to let it rip. He's super skilled, use them please. The Blazers were rusty to start , but better as time went on. The 2nd qtr. was much better. Go Blazers!
 
The NBA didn't tell anyone but the Blazers game was available in Portland on league pass last night....seriously...even the Blazers broadcast crew was unaware they were not blacking the game out...they need to fix this shit because I would've signed up for league pass had I known the games weren't blacked out
 
riverman said:
The NBA didn't tell anyone but the Blazers game was available in Portland on league pass last night....seriously...even the Blazers broadcast crew was unaware they were not blacking the game out...they need to fix this shit because I would've signed up for league pass had I known the games weren't blacked out
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Are Blazers road games normally blacked out on LP?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
They missed a total of 18 shots between them. You're saying they were all open jumpers?
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10 alone were 3's. What is your definition of open. Are we talking open look? Distance from defender? It's been said Lillard is open if he has a clean look. Is that the same for Ant? It's been said Simons shoots as well as CJ? CJ was certainly open if he had a clean look?
Sorry but 18 is a long way from 6-7?
They didn't shoot the ball well at all. They can be better. Lets not even approach the idea that if they were not clean "Open" looks they should not have taken them.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Although I would prefer Eubanks as our 3rd center, I do not consider him trash. Both he and Johnson were a +12. No one else was close. Yes I know that stat does not tell the whole story, but my point is although he doesn't do anything great, he doesn't really hurt the team when he is in there. I would say his BBIQ is pretty good, unlike a lot of backup centers.
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I like the fact that he plays hard no matter what. He plays hard enough to get under the skin of opposing players. Every time he muscles in on a rebound players seem to get aggravated with him. Then the next thing is he dunks on people.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Are Blazers road games normally blacked out on LP?
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yes....Mike Richman let me know about it on his morning show....he watched the game from Portland on league pass last night while everyone was scrambling for streaming feeds....had they let it be known I'd have signed up for league pass before the game yesterday
 
Who else saw that play where JG was open for what seems like eternity, had both arms begging for the ball, Dame had the ball the whole time and ended up shooting and missing a contested three in traffic?

Signs of a team who never played together. Still looking for identity. You can't really replicate repetitions as effectively in practice so we're gunna have to get experience in real NBA games. The start of our schedule is against tough opponents. A 500 record on Christmas will be very good
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I like the fact that he plays hard no matter what. He plays hard enough to get under the skin of opposing players. Every time he muscles in on a rebound players seem to get aggravated with him. Then the next thing is he dunks on people.
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I love that his hook shot is money...for an undersized 5 that's a real weapon...
 
inconceivable said:
Who else saw that play where JG was open for what seems like eternity, had both arms begging for the ball, Dame had the ball the whole time and ended up shooting and missing a contested three in traffic?

Signs of a team who never played together. Still looking for identity. You can't really replicate repetitions as effectively in practice so we're gunna have to get experience in real NBA games. The start of our schedule is against tough opponents. A 500 record on Christmas will be very good
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They now have some film to work with...there were lots of guys open last night and that's where chemistry needs to develop
 
Some takeaways to summarize:

Positives:
- If we're healthy, our depth will be our strongsuit. We might have 10 guys deserving of 20+ minutes which not many teams can speak for.
- Ant drawing fouls would be a welcome change.
- Ant's post defense was solid. The overall team defense was better than we've seen in a long time from this team. Even if we can get to average, we'll be better than projected.
- Dame has his burst back.
- I love when Hart gets the rebound and races down for a layup.
- Grant looks like that forward we have been seeking for almost a decade since Nico was traded.
- When the hell did Nurk end up with 13/9? I thought he had an off game and his contribution was still there.


Negatives:
- WTF was that switching defense?
- Our depth is consolidated at 2/3 forcing us to be undersized at 4/5, not ideal and needs some balance. How are we going to get Shaedon on the floor? Nas didn't get into a rhythm either.
- When did Trendon get hurt? I don't need any more Eubanks in my life.
- Let's run some offense next game instead of just going iso. Seriously, this is a waste of some of the talents on this roster if this is our 'scheme.'
- Grant's turnovers hopefully are a sign of growing pains.
- Ant/Dame need to both get some arc on their jumpers. We won't win on most nights if they shoot like this.
 
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